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from launch complex 39 at the Kennedy

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Space Center in Florida this is shuttle

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launch control at t-minus 3 hours and

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holding we're now in the final five

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hours of the countdown for the launch of

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the space shuttle Columbia on mission

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STS 80 the countdown is being controlled

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from firing room 3 at the launch control

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center and we're on schedule for liftoff

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this is the 21st flight for space

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shuttle Columbia and the 80th mission of

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the space shuttle program since launches

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began in April 1981 15 years ago there

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are three objectives of the sts-80

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mission to deploy the Orpheus Paz

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satellite holding a complement of

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ultraviolet telescopes to study the

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lifestyle stars in galaxies and to

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deploy the Wakefield facility to grow

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thin substrate films for high-speed

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electronic chips and advanced electronic

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components the mission duration for STS

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80 is planned as 15 days 16 hours 44

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minutes and Columbia will been a being a

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219 statute mile high circular orbit

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assuming on time launched today the

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landing is planned to occur at the

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Kennedy Space Center on the morning of

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December 5th at approximately 7:30 7

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in the astronaut quarters the

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five-member flight crew of Columbia are

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just now being awakened and are

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approximately a half hour they will be

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entering the dining room for breakfast

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afterward they will have a weather

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briefing and receive a status on the

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countdown activity they will then go to

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the suit-up room and down their flight

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suits and at about eleven thirty eight

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this morning depart for the 20-minute

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ride out to launch pad 39b at the edge

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of the atlantic ocean final inspection

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team is now at the launch pad beginning

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their activities where they will be for

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approximately the next two hours

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they have several objectives while

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they're there they assess the integrity

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of the thermal insulation on the

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external tank they look for any ice or

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frost formations on the tank and measure

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temperatures on various parts of the

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vehicle here we see our sts-80 flight

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crew mr. naught story Musgrave down on

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the end you'll be in charge of the

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Wakefield facility activity on this

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mission

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there's our flight engineer Tom Jones

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you'll be working the remote manipulator

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system doing an EBA and

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there is mission specialist tamara

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jernigan we eat on our Orpheus spas and

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we'll be doing one of the crew

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spacewalks and there is pilot Ken Roman

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and the crew just getting ready for

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breakfast there's the sts-80 traditional

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cake on the table and when breakfast is

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over they'll head down to suit up and

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head out for the launch pad which is

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just about an hour away at this time

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here in firing room 3 of the launch

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control center all of our activities

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continue to go smoothly the final

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this is shuttle launch control at

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t-minus three hours and holding well

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we're in the suit-up room and we see our

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commander

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Hancock rolled his suit up activities

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and originally from Austin Texas

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and our pilot can't Wilma gir

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mission specialist dr. Tammy Jernigan be

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one of our EBA astronauts on this

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mission and going across the room there

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is mission specialist Tom Jones he'd be

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our flight engineer on this mission and

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he will take the lead and operating the

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and there is story Musgrave making his

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six flight into space tying the record

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along with veteran astronaut John Young

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he will be the lead astronaut associated

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with the white shield facility

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activities on this flight and we're

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providing EBA support while Tom Jones

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and Tammy Jernigan around in payload Bay

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and back now at launch pad 39b at the

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Kennedy Space Center where the final

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inspection team has reached the mobile

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launcher platform and is wrapping up

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their ice inspections and final

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walk down the entire nearly 400 foot

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structure since they entered the pad

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here we see the sts-80 astronauts

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leaving the crew quarters and route to

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the elevator to ride down from the third

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of the first floor to ride the astronaut

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where we see our commander Ken cockerel

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in the white a white roof helped by the

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suit technicians pair for entry into the

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this is shuttle launch control at

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t-minus two hours 13 minutes 37 seconds

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and counting

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we're in the picture now we see pilot

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waiting the board and mission specialist

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about to be assisted with her launch and

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you will be one of the two astronauts

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along with Tom Jones that will be doing

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an e ba on this flight designed to

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evaluate evaluate equipment and

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procedures for building the

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and the second dva the spacewalkers will

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evaluate EBA tethers story Musgrave now

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CCSD and our CRT OTC

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so the main engine helium purge sequence

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which prepares the engines for main

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main engines now being given as a

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seven six three main engines up and

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burning two one and liftoff of space

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shuttle Columbia on a diversified

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mission of astronomy and commercial

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Houston is now controlling the roll

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maneuver is complete Columbia is in a

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heads-down we need level position headed

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the flight colombia's engines are now

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beginning to throttle down to 67% of

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rated thrust and the orbiter passes

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through the area of maximum aerodynamic

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are now back at full throttle 104

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traveling 1,800 miles per hour 15 miles

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in altitude downrange from the Kennedy

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Space Center 13 miles all three main

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the booster officer has confirmed good

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been as expected all three main engines

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power units and fuel cells are also

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Columbia now downrange from the Kennedy

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Space Center at a distance of 55 miles